Bhutan West to East - Spring
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Overview
Highlights
- See the Taktsang Monastery, a sacred pilgrimage site
- Explore Thimphu
- Discover Punakha
- Visit Museum and Dzong
- Explore some of the valleys in Bumthang
- Opportunity to attend Gomphu Kora Festival
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- Visit Dzong, Drukyel Dzong
- Private guide throughout itinerary
- Airfare into and out of Bhutan (listed separately)
- Internal flight in Bhutan (listed separately when announced)
- All base hotels and meals listed in the itinerary
- Air conditioned ground transportation
- Monument entrance and still camera fees
- Water during sightseeing and drives
- Porterage
- Bhutanese visa
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Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Gangtey Palace, Nak-sel boutique hotel & spa, or Uma Paro, Amankora Or six senses
This morning, you need to check in at the Druk Air counter at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight to Bhutan. Be sure to bring y...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Gangtey palace, Nak-sel boutique hotel & spa, or Uma Paro, Amankora Or six senses
After an early breakfast, you walk or take horses up to Taktsang Monastery. Taktsang is a sacred pilgrimage site ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Tashi Yodeling, Hotel Druk Or Taj Tashi
After an early breakfast, you head out along the Paro-Thimphu Road, stopping on the way at the iron bridge, built by one of Bhutan’s heroes. As you near Thimphu, yo...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Tashi Yodeling, Hotel Druk or Taj Tashi
You begin the day with a drive a bit out of town. After crossing over the Thimphu Chu (river) you can take a walk up a hill for about an hour or so to Chari G...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Dhumra Farm Resort, Kunzang Zhing or Uma Punakha
This morning, you will drive out to Punakha. The road heads back towards the Simtoka Dzong and then picks up the east-west highway. Perched on a hill above ...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Dhumra Farm Resort, Kunzang Zhing Or Uma Punakha
After breakfast, you can spend time in Punakha and do some touring. Until the 1950’s, when Thimphu was established as the permanent capitol of Bhutan, Punak...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Jakar Village Lodge or Amankora Bumthang
You have about a 7-8-hour drive today to Bumthang. The distance is not great, but the roads and terrain are a “happening”. As you drive, keep your eyes open along t...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Jakar Village Lodge Or Amankora Bumthang
You have a full day to spend in Bumthang and explore some of the valleys – four in number, including Chummi, Choskhor, Tang, and Ura.
Many of the small villa...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Jakar Village Lodge Or Amankora Bumthang
Drive up into the most remote of Bumthang’s valleys – the Tang Valley. The area is the birthplace of one of Bhutan’s major saints, Terton Pema Lingpa, the discovere...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Wangchuk Hotels & Resort
The journey continues eastward this morning towards Ura, winding through more rugged terrain. The drive to Mongar takes about 6-7 hours, with spectacular views en route.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Lingkhar Lodge
This morning, you can do some brief sightseeing in Mongar. The town is small with a sprinkling of shops. Mongar, like Trashigang further east, is built on the side of a hill instead o...
Meals; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lingkhar Lodge
Before you turn up the hill to Trashigang, you drive to Gomphu Kora, a small temple just down from the main road. You can stop here and have some lunch.
The small monastery is known ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lingkhar Lodge
The drive today takes you through Ranjung to Radhi, famous for a raw silk, known as bura. The textiles in this area are among the finest and most sought after in the country. You can watch the women weaving the material and perhaps buy some yourself.
Late in the day, you return to Trashigang.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Menjong Hotel
After breakfast, you head out from Trashigang down to the border town of Samdrup Jongkar. On the way, if it is open, you can stop at a weaving center. The drive is long and winding, but you ...
Meals: Breakfast
This morning you rise early, cross the border into India, get your passport stamped, and drive about 3 hours to Guwahati. On arrival, you will head to the airport to catch your onward flight to Delhi and then home.
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What's excluded
- Any hotels transiting between your destination and the United States
- Upgraded hotels listed as supplements in the itinerary
- International airfare to or from Bhutan gateway
- Meals, except where indicated
- Insurance
- Tips to guides and drivers
- Laundry, alcohol and other items of a personal nature
International Airfare/Air Tickets: Refund subject to airline cancellation rules and procedures.
Land Portion & Internal Air*: Refund will be given according to the schedule outlined below.
NOTE: Minimum cancellation charge is $1,000 even for trips with land cost less than $1500.
- If 120 Days or more prior to departure date, then Applicable Cancellation Fee is $1,000 per person plus any varying non-refundable pre-payments we have made in advance on your behalf (i.e. Penalties incurred for cancelling air, deposits paid to hold reservations, etc.)
- If 61-119 Days prior to departure date, then Applicable Cancellation Fee is 50% of the land cost plus any varying non-refundable pre-payments we have made in advance on your behalf (i.e. Penalties incurred for cancelling air, deposits paid to hold reservations, etc.)
- 60 Days or less, then No refund
- At or after departure, then No refund
14 Breakfasts, 14 Lunches and 14 Dinners
Optional Activities
- Biking In Punakha: $70/pp/day
- Rafting In Punakha: $225/person for 1-5 people)
- Mandala Making In Thimphu: $450
- More activities and speakers available on request
Optional Hotels
- Druk Hotel: From $235/room/night based on a double occupancy
- Kunzang Zhing Resort: From $320/room/night based on double occupancy
- Nak-Sel Boutique Hotel And Spa: From $243/room/night based on double occupancy
- Uma Paro Or Punakha: From $777/room/night based on double occupancy
- Amankora: From $1550/room/night based on double occupancy
- Six Senses: From $1605/room/night based on double occupancy
- The Taj Tashi: $758/room/night based on double occupancy
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